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...Chavis was a primary focus, the special, closed-door session was as much about the future purpose of the 85-year-old civil-rights organization. The N.A.A.C.P. is saddled with a budget deficit of between $3 million and $4 million. Earlier last week the Ford Foundation, a longtime supporter, froze the first half of a two-year $500,000 grant because of concerns about the organization's management. Several N.A.A.C.P. chapters have suspended dues payments for essentially the same reason. Meanwhile, even as other civil- rights organizations have reshaped their agendas, the N.A.A.C.P. flounders in histrionics and glitzy but pointless...
...bulk until the military welcomes back exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Even so, about $3 million will immediately go to feed children, the elderly and disabled. BTW: The last time the U.S. gave Haiti aid -- $20 million last year -- the de facto government in Port-au-Prince reportedly froze several banks accounts so much of the money couldn't be used...
...glistening moon, the 60-ft. sailboat St. Joseph, moored off a spit of land on the southern coast of Haiti, was quickly loading its human cargo. Suddenly the silence of the night was broken by the sound of an approaching military boat. At first the people on the sailboat froze in fear, hoping the patrol would pass. But when three shots rang out, the St. Joseph headed toward open water, its crew and passengers in panic. Rushing from one side to the other to get away from the gunfire, many people fell or were pushed overboard. Then, when the boat...
...about 1 a.m., Barnes was told, a Haitian police launch approached the ship at Nan L'Etat, off Haiti's southern coast, surprising a boatload of refugees drawn from about 400 waiting in surrounding coves and hillsides for passage to America. "At first, local villagers say, the boat people froze in fear," Barnes reports. "The refugees tried to stay quiet and hide, hoping the (police) boat would pass. Then three shots rang out in the darkness and there was chaos." Panicked boat people pushed others into the water, and the boat's boom broke free, knocking still more people into...
...final seconds of St. Lawrence's biggest winof the seasons were ticking biggest win of theseasons were ticking off the clock in Potsdam,N.Y., until Farrell froze at the 19:56 mark with agoal that evened the game at 4-4. Then juniorPerry Cohagan picked a perfect time to score hissecond goal of the year...